Google Grant Made To Portland Professor

The unexpected email to Portland State University Professor Tom Shrimpton offering him $96,400 looked like a scam.
But it turned out to be legitimate.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/ozbgRu ) Google Chairman Eric Schmidt decided to support Shrimpton's research into overcoming online censorship.
Shrimpton says he had held informal talks with a Google think tank about how to use his encryption technology.